# The Feud: What do YOU call it? by biggirl \[game closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 23, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752 "2010-07-23T18:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/1 "2010-07-23T18:50:55Z")
**Object of the game:** Give the most popular answer for each category. **Rules:** 1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. 2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). 3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players. 4. Google (etc.) is allowed, if you desire. 5. The game will end with 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it. 6. There is no Rule 6. 7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: None **Formatting rules:** To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make you post look exactly like this: 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer 4. answer No double spacing, do not use the “list” function, no smilies, no urls, no periods, no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST! If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED. **Scoring:** With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points. Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches) Good luck! If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can. **Read the rules! Special Rules for this particular Feud: None** Everybody has a “regionalism” for these terms. What do YOU call it? (Of course this is a Feud, so what do you think everybody will SAY they call it. ;)) 1. Carbonated drink 2. A long sandwich 3. The rainbow (or chocolate) candies put on top of ice cream 4. The shoes you wear on casual day or to play sports 5. What is the phrase when people assemble to pay at a cash register? 6. The thing you drink water from in public 7. The frozen treat that isn’t ice cream 8. Small natural running water sometimes found in rural backyards 9. All of you 10. What do you call it when you don’t remember the name of it? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/2 "2010-07-23T18:53:47Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub(marine) 3. Sprinkles 4. Tennis shoes 5. Stand in line 6. Water fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Creek 9. Y’all 10. Thingamajig ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/3 "2010-07-23T18:56:08Z")
1. Soda 2. Hero 3. Jimmies 4. Sneakers 5. Line up 6. Water fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Stream 9. Everyone 10. Forgetting 11. I’m not sure if I got this right. Is it more along the lines of frozen yogurt or gelato? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/4 "2010-07-23T18:59:44Z")
1. Soda 2. Hoagie 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Checkout line 6. Fountain 7. Yogurt 8. Creek 9. You 10. Whatchamacallit Totally missed #5, didn’t understand the question as usual. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/5 "2010-07-23T19:00:05Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Tennis shoes 5. Queue 6. Fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Brook 9. Y’all 10. thingamajig ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/6 "2010-07-23T19:01:30Z")
Crap…totally missed the boat on number ten! Oh well. I think I’m going to regret saying jimmies, too. I don’t even call them that but I was introduced to the term last year and thought a lot of people used it… ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/7 "2010-07-23T19:02:05Z")
1. Coke 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Checkout 6. Fountain 7. Sorbet 8. Stream 9. Y’all 10. Thingee 3\* I would actually says hundreds and thousands, but knowing the mostly American readership, I’ve gone with sprinkles ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/8 "2010-07-23T19:03:04Z")
1. Soda 2. Submarine 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Line-up 6. Water fountain 7. Frozen Yogurt 8. Creek 9. Y’all 10. Forgotten Calling on all my tv, movie, and online knowledge to try to think of what all y’all call these things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/9 "2010-07-23T19:04:11Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. stand in line 6. fountain 7. sherbet 8. creek 9. y’all 10. thingy I know most folks don’t use y’all (#9) but hopefully most will say it. For #5 I hope I understood what you were going for. #8 I couldn’t decide between creek and stream, I hope I chose wisely. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/10 "2010-07-23T19:06:01Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Line 6. Fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Creek 9. You 10. Thingy ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/11 "2010-07-23T19:11:25Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub(marine) 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Line 6.Water fountain 6. Popsicle 7. Stream 8. Y’all 9. Thingy 10. Hope this wasn’t supposed to be frozen yoghurt 11. Brook? Spring? Fountain? I have no idea what this one’s about ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/12 "2010-07-23T19:18:44Z")
1. soda 2. sub 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. getting in line 6. water fountain 7. sherbet 8. creek 9. y’all 10. whatchamacallit ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/13 "2010-07-23T19:18:50Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Trainers 5. Line 6. Bubbler 7. Sorbet 8. Stream 9. You 10. Whatsitsname ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/14 "2010-07-23T19:19:11Z")
1. Pop 2. sub 3. sprinkles 4. tennis shoes 5. line 6. water fountain 7. custard 8. creek 9. y’all 10. thingamabob ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/15 "2010-07-23T19:21:46Z")
1. Soda 2. A Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Checkout line 6. Fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Stream 9. Y’all 10. Thing-a-ma-jig I haven’t done one of these in a long time should be fun to see how I do. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/16 "2010-07-23T19:21:51Z")
1. Soda 2. Sub 3. Sprinkles 4. Sneakers 5. Line 6. Water Fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Creek 9. Y’all 10. Thingy ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/17 "2010-07-23T19:22:00Z")
1. soda 2. sub sandwich 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. line up 6. drinking fountain 7. popsicle 8. creek 9. all of you 10. thingie 11. That’s what you were looking for, right? A “quiescent frozen confection” on a stick, and not something else that I’m overlooking? 12. Depends on how wide it is. If it was teeny-tiny, maybe a half-foot wide, I’d probably revert to “creek” pronounced like “crick.” If it’s wider than a few feet, it’s a stream. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/18 "2010-07-23T19:26:44Z")
1. Soda 2. Baguette 3. Sparkles 4. Sneakers 5. Form a Line 6. Fountain 7. Popsicle 8. Stream 9. You 10. Thingy Tough one. UK terms would be Fizzy Drink for 1, Trainers for 4, Queue for 5, and Ice Lolly for 7. We also use Hundreds and Thousands for 3, although Sparkles is becoming more common. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/19 "2010-07-23T19:26:58Z")
1. soda 2. sub 3. sprinkles 4. tennis shoes 5. line up 6. drinking fountain 7. popsicle 8. creek 9. you 10. that thing ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752/20 "2010-07-23T19:28:54Z")
1. soda 2. sub 3. sprinkles 4. sneakers 5. line 6. fountain 7. sherbet 8. creek 9. y’all 10. whatchamacallit 11. but it’s pronounced sherbert [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-what-do-you-call-it-by-biggirl-game-closed/547752.md?page=2)